Elle Fanning Gives Major Production Update On The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping

Releasing in 2026, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping adapts the novel of the same name, which tells the story of a young Haymitch Abernathy during the 50th Hunger Games. Its cast includes Joseph Zada, McKenna Grace, Whitney Peak, Ben Wang, Elle Fanning, Billy Porter, Glenn Close, and Ralph Fiennes, among others. Sunrise on the Reaping is also directed by franchise veteran Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Oscar-nominated writer Billy Ray.

Set 24 years prior to the events of The Hunger Games , it serves as a prequel to the original quadrilogy and a sequel to 2023's The Hunger Games: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes . As such, it features younger versions of many of the adult characters from The Hunger Games . This includes Effie Trinket, who was played by Elizabeth